In 2017 , the Mail.Ru Group has a gaming investment division — MY.GAMES Venture Capital (MGVC). Since then, it has managed to invest over 6 billion rubles in developers. A third of the amount went to Deus Craft.

Slava Lukyanenka, senior producer of CD Projekt RED, wrote a post about the systemic problems of education in game development. He shared his thoughts on why there are so many people with “faded eyes” among the graduates of the courses. This caused a discussion, which was joined by other Russian-speaking representatives of the gaming industry.Lukyanenka decided to speak out on this topic after talking with young developers.

Netflix bought its first game studio. She became the Night School Studio, known primarily for the mystical adventure game Oxenfree. The amount and terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Wanted: a leading marketing manager at Friday’s Games, a game designer of children’s products in the “First Project” and a tester at Evrika Games.

The M&A boom continues in the gaming industry. Sensor Tower found out how the positions of mobile publishers in the United States have changed over the past eight months due to purchases by other companies, and named the largest publishers. Analysts looked at the situation in four mobile categories: puzzles, lifestyle, sports and hyper-casual.

Beijing has announced that it is going to monitor the activity of minors on social networks and streaming platforms.

Roblox has settled a conflict related to the illegal use of music on its platform. She announced a peace agreement with the National Association of Music Publishers (NMPA).

Wizards of the Coast has announced the opening of the New Raleigh-Durham game studio. It will be headed by industry veterans. They will be engaged in the production of AAA titles for such Hasbro franchises as G.I. Joe, Transformers, Micronauts and Ouija.Action figures based on the movie “G.I. Joe: Cobra Throw.

Tim Sweeney explained why there will be no NFT in Fortnite and other Epic Games. One of the reasons is the problem of fraud in this area. He also questioned the non-interchangeability of NFT, which as a result gave rise to a discussion in social networks.Fortnite

A strategy game about the life of Timberborn beavers sold more than 130 thousand copies in the first week of sales and received 95% positive reviews on Steam.

The expansion into the Chinese market is announced by the mobile publisher with Russian roots Azur Games. The company got the opportunity to publish hyper-casual Android games with advertising monetization in China.

Activision Blizzard has created an $18 million fund to pay employees who have suffered harassment and discrimination. This was one of the terms of the agreement with the American Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) — shortly before that, the agency sued the publisher.

Publisher tinyBuild and St. Petersburg studio niceplay games reported on the success of the game Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator. In just three days since the release, sales of the title have reached the mark of 100 thousand copies.

Last week, Tencent, NetEase and more than 200 Chinese gaming companies signed an agreement to combat gaming addiction. A number of experts believe that this could also hit foreign platforms. Among them are Steam, Epic Games Store and other stores that developers actively use to bypass the process of obtaining state licenses to sell their titles in China.The main attention in the signed agreement was paid to online games.

A mobile version of the pocket monster strategy game from The Pokémon Company and Tencent is available from September 22. On the fifth day, the game topped the world download charts in app stores.

Last September, David Polfeldt, former managing director of Ubisoft Massive, released his book about the gaming industry — “The Universe of Video Games. A documentary blockbuster from the developer of The Division, Far Cry 3 and Assassin’s Creed: Revelations”. Previously, it could only be read in English, but now it is also published in Russian. The Russian-language edition will be available on October 15. We tell you what is hidden under the cover, and share…

Igor Matsanyuk, founder of the IMI Foundation, announced work on a new game. There are few details about the project yet. Apparently, the upcoming title is focused on online battles and visually resembles a series of turn-based strategies Advance Wars.

AppMagic has prepared a report on the mobile market of Argentina for the first half of 2021. In total, the 10 highest-grossing games in the country earned a little less than $4 million during this period. At the same time, almost a third of this amount fell on Garena Free Fire.Garena Free Fire

Sensor Tower analysts in a recent study looked at how things were with mobile engagement in the first half of the year. It turned out that although the most gamers play hyper—casual titles every month, mobile shooters have the largest daily audience.